Hat block and gage.



No. 680,083. Patented Aug. 6, I901.

E. G. TAYLOR.

HAT BLOCK AND GAGE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR G. TAYLOR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT BLOCK AND GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,083, dated August6, 1901.

Application'filed November 6, 1900. Serial No. 35,569. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDGAR G. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented certain size andshape of both the crown and brim of; This object I attain in the manner.

the hat.

hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a plan View of a crown-block and brim-gageconstructed in accordance Fig. 2 is a section of the same on the line aa, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view on the line b b, Fig. 2. Fig.4: is a side elevation of the lower portion of the crown-block. Fig. 5is an enlarged section of part of the same. Fig. 6 isa sectional view ofone of the brim-gages, and Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are views illustrating aspecial construction of one of the elements of the crownblock.

In the manufacture of straw hats it is usual to employ separatecrown-blocks and brimgages for each of the difierent sizes orshapes ofthese parts which are to be made, and the object of my invention is todispense with this multiplicity of parts by providing an adjustablecrown-block and brim-gage which can be set so as to form any desiredsize,

with my invention.

height, or shape of crown and any desiredv width or shape of brim.

In the drawings, 1 represents a base-block which has a central openingcovered by a plate 2, having a central nut 3, to which is adapted thelower threaded portion of a screwstem 4:, the upper portion of which isthreaded and is adapted to a nut 5, forming part of the top plate 6 ofthe crown-block, the screw'stem at having a projecting handle 7, wherebyit may be readily turned, and the upper and lower threaded portions ofsaid stem being respectively provided with right and left handedthreads, so that by turning the screwstem in one direction the top plateof the crown-block will be lowered and by turning threaded bearing uponeither the plate 2 or top plate 6.

The top plate 6 of the crown-block has a series of projecting fingers 8for the guidance of wings 9 upon aseries of segments 10, which can bemoved toward or from the center of the crown-block and which serve todetermine the size and shape of the crown of the hat, the verticaladjustment of the top plate 6 determining the height of said crown. Eachof the segments 10 also has at the top an inwardly-projecting tongue 11,guided in a slot 12 in the top plate 6, so as to preserve the properalinement of the segment 10 and also aid in the support of the same.

Simultaneous adjustment of the entire se ries of crown-segments 10 isefiected by partial rotation of a sleeve 13, suspended from the topplate 6 of the crown-block by means of a flange 14:, which is engaged byclips 15 on said top plate, said sleeve 13 having flanges 16, which areconnected by means of rods 17 to lugs 18 on the inner sides of thecrown-segments 10, the points of connection of the rods 17 to theflanges 16 and lugs 18 being so disposed that movement of the sleeve 13in one direction will cause an outward push upon the segments, so as toexpand the same, while movement of the sleeve 13 in the oppositedirection will cause an inward pull upon the segments and will thuscontract the same. Movement is imparted to the sleeve 13 by means of alever 20, extending outwardly through a slot in the base 1 and having aspring-bolt 21, which can be adaptedto any one of a series of openings22 in said base, said openings being numbered, so as to form a graduatedscale corresponding with the different sizes of hat -crowns likely to berequired. The lever is connected at its inner end to a sleeve-23,mounted so as to be free to turn upon a depending portion of the nut 3,said sleeve having a groove 24 for the reception of aspline 25,depending from the sleeve 13, whereby any movement of rotation impartedto the sleeve 23 will be transmitted to the sleeve 13 and to the partscarried thereby, the spline 25 permitting of the rise and fall ofthesleeve 13 with the top plate of the crownrblook.

The lower portion of each of the crownsegments 10 is slotted, so as toform legs 26, which are guided in radial slots 35 in the capplate 2 ofthe base, and the lower ends of the likewise expanded or contracted, soas to preserve the proper width of brim. The brimgages are, however,adjustable radially on the bars 27, so as to provide for any desiredwidth of brim, each gage being locked to its respective bar after havingbeen properly adjusted. This is effected in the following manner: Eachbar 27 passes through an eye 30 at the lower end of its respectivebrimgage, and between jaws at the top of the gage is hung a cam-lever31, which acts upon a vertically-guided bolt 32 in such nianner thatwhen the lever is in one position said bolt will be relieved frompressure, and the brim-gage can consequently be adjusted radially inrespect to the bar 27; but when the lever is adjusted to the lockingposition, as shown, for instance, in Fig. 4 downward pressure will beimparted to the bolt 32 and the latter will be forced into contact withthe bar 27, so as to firmly lock the brim-gage thereto.

The outer faces of the crown-segments 10 are preferably vertical, so asto provide for the formation of a crown with vertical sides, and if anydifferent shape of crown'is desired this is provided for by securing tothe crownsegments face-plates 33, having the desired external contour,one method of attaching these face-plates being represented in Figs. '7,8, and 9, on reference to which it will'be observed that each face-platehas at the back a dovetailed rib 34, adapted to acorrespondingly-dovetailed groove in the face of the crown-segment 10.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patentl. A hat-gage having a crown-block composed of segmentsadjustable from and toward the center of the same to vary the size ofthe crown, and also adjustable vertically to vary the height of thecrown, substantially as specified.

2. A hat-gage having a crown-block composed of segments adj ustable fromand toward the center of the same to vary the size of the crown, andbrim-gages connected to and movable with said crown-segments,substantially as specified.

3. A hat-gage having a crown-block composed of segments adjustable fromand toward the center of the same, and brim-gages adj ustableindependently of said crown-segments, substantially as specified.

connected to and movable with said crownsegments, substantially asspecified.

-7. The combination in a hat gage, of a crown-block composedof segmentsadjust able from and toward the center to vary the size of the crown,and also adjustable vertically to vary the height'of the crown, withbrim-gages adjustable laterally in respect to the crown-segments,substantially as specified.

8. The combination in a hat-gage, of a crown-block composed of segmentsadj ustable from and toward the center to vary the size of the crown,and also adjustable vertically to vary the height of the same, withbrim-gages connected to and movable with said crown-segments and alsoadjustable independently of the same, substantially as specified.

9. The combination ina hat-gage,of a base, a crown-block having a topplate supported upon said base, a series of crown-segments, a rotatablesleeve suspended from the top plate and connections between said sleeveand the crown-segments, substantially as specified.

10. The combinationin ahat-gage,ofabase, a crown-block having a topplate supported above said base and having projecting arms, and a seriesof crown-segments adjustable from and toward the center of the block andhaving wings guided on said arms of the top plate, substantially asspecified.

11. The combination in a hat-gage, of a base, a crown-block having a topplate supported above said base, and crown-segments adj ustable from andtoward the centerof the block and having tongues guided in slots in saidtop plate, substantially as specified.

12. The combination in a hat-gage, of a radially-slotted base, acrown-block having a top plate supported above said base, and crownsegments adjustable from and toward the center of the block and guidedupon said top plate and also by the slots in the base thereby preservingthe proper alinement of the segments in different positions ofadjustment, substantially as specified.

13. The combination in a hat-gage,of a base, a crown-block having a topplate supported above said base so as to be vertically adjustable inrespect thereto, and a series of crownsegmentsadjustable from and towardthe IIO center of the block and means independent of the crown-blocksfor maintaining said top plate in its difieren't positions ofadjustment, substantially as specified.

14:. The combination in a hat-gage,of a base, a crown-block comprising,a top plate supported above said base and adjustable verti= cally inrespect thereto, and a series of crownsegments mounted upon andvertically adj ustable with the top plate, said segments being alsoadjustable from and toward the com ter of the block, substantially asspecified.

15. The combination in ahat-gage,ofabase, and a crown-block having a topplate and crown-segments adjustable from and toward the center of theblock, and a screw-stem connecting the base and the top plate of thecrown-block and serving when turned, to adjust said top plate verticallyin respect to the base, substantially as specified.

16. The combination in a hat-gage, of the base,a crown-block comprisinga top plate and crown-segments adjustable from and toward the center ofthe block, and a right and left threaded screw-stem adapted to nuts uponthe base and top plate of the crown-block,substantially as specified.

17. The combination in a hatgage, of a crown-block comprising avertically-adjustv able top plate and laterally-adj ustablecrownsegments, a sleeve carried by said top plate, rods connecting saidsleeve to the crown-segments, an operating-lever and connections betweensaid lever and the sleeve which permit of vertical adjustment of saidsleeve, substantially as specified.

18. The combination in a hat-gage, of a crown block having laterallyadjustable crown-segments, a central sleeve, rods connecting said sleeveto the crown-segments, an operating P lever, connections between thesame and the sleeve, and means for locking said lever in difierentpositions of adj us'tment, substantially as specified.

19. The combination in a hat-gage, of a lat orally-guided brim-gage, abar parallel with said guide, a bolt carried by the gage and adapted topress upon said bar, and a cam= lever also mounted upon the gage foractuating said bolt,- substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDGAR c. TAYLOR. Witnesses:

F. E. BECHTOLD, ELIAS H. WHITE;

